Namesilo: Set up G Suite MX records

Important: If you purchased your domain from Google when you signed up for G Suite, you don’t need to set up Gmail. You can start using it now. If you’re signed in to your G Suite account, in the top right, click the App Launcher Gmail .

You’re now ready to set up Gmail as your business email for your domain (and, if you haven’t already, verify your domain).

To do this, you need to sign in to your domain host and direct the email for your domain to the G Suite servers. It’s like registering your new address with the post office when you move so that your mail gets delivered to the right place. We’ll walk you through the steps.

Before you begin

If your team members already use email with your domain (their email address ends with your domain), you have to create their user accounts in G Suite before you change any MX record settings. Otherwise, they won't be able to send or receive messages with their business address in Gmail.

Step 2: Go to your DNS records

Next to the domain that you want to verify for a Google service, click the Manage DNS icon.

Sep 3: Delete existing MX records

In the Existing Resource Records table, next to each existing MX record, click Delete to remove it. You’ll add new records in the next step.

Step 4: Add the G Suite MX records

To direct your email to your G Suite account, you have to add new MX records to your domain. These are the records that you need to add:

MX server address

Priority

ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM

1

ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM

5

ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM

5

ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM

10

ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM

10

Important: Some registrars require you to add a period after the .COM in the MX server address.

Scroll down to DNS Templates.

Next to the G Suite template, click Apply Template.

In the Preview Template Changes window, click Accept.

The Google MX records are shown in the Existing Resource Records table.

Step 5: Tell Google to find your new MX records

Open the Admin console. If necessary, click the link at the top of the page to continue setting up the Admin console.

Navigate to the Activate Gmail page.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Activate Gmail.

Congratulations! Your business email for your domain is now directed to the G Suite mail servers.

Note:

The records can take several hours to update, so you might not immediately get new email messages in Gmail. Until then, you'll continue to receive messages at your old email provider.

If you see the MX records setup validation in progress message in the Admin console for more than a few hours, make sure you entered the MX address records and priorities correctly in the DNS records stored with your host.